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Environmental Management

Health officials tap water management plans

CondoBusiness

Health officials tap water management programs

New guidance from Health Canada urges multifamily landlords and condo corporations to implement water management programs to guard against microbial growth and chemical contaminant leaching.
Regulatory labyrinth houses tenant utility data

Canadian Property Management

Regulatory labyrinth houses tenant utility data

Efforts to secure aggregated energy and water use data from tenant utility accounts typically cast commercial asset managers into a regulatory labyrinth.
New Alberta solar panel fee has opaque costing

Canadian Property Management

New Alberta solar panel fee has opaque costing

Alberta consumers will pay an extra $14 on the upfront cost of a solar photovoltaic (PV) panel when a new environmental fee goes into effect on Oct. 1.
Legionnaires

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Legionnaires outbreak renews focus on facility risk

A recent Toronto Public Health investigation has identified a cooling tower at the Toronto Transit Commission’s Hillcrest Complex as the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak.
Gordie Howe Bridge

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Port of entry prioritizes stress-reducing design

Moriyama Teshima Architects designed a calming campus that reflects Canada’s natural history amidst an otherwise hyper-surveillanced area.
aging in place

CondoBusiness

Evolving smart home tech redefines aging in place

Emerging technologies are powering homes into active support systems that can monitor, predict and respond to the changing needs of older adults and boost their
IAQ

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Tech access to boost occupants’ IAQ oversight

Greater access to low-cost indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors may create new scrutiny for facility management teams.
Cross-border ties deepen on energy efficiency

Canadian Property Management

Cross-border ties deepen on energy efficiency

Proposed updates to Canada’s energy efficiency regulation designate additional energy-using products and impose more rigorous standards on some products already mandated to comply.
decarbonization

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Climate action at a crossroads

Two new reports from Desjardins provide both guidance and a pointed reminder of the headwinds building owners face on the path to decarbonization.
Immersive studio conjures decarbonization

Canadian Property Management

Immersive studio conjures decarbonization

BOMA Canada is sponsoring space that harnesses virtual reality simulations, digital twins and 3D case studies to help learners visualize and get a hands-on feel for integrated, cleantech applications and systems.
Gay Lea

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Gay Lea’s new HQ honours agricultural heritage

Moving to a collaborative hybrid office marks a new chapter for Gay Lea Foods—one that blends agricultural heritage with a modern vision of work.
Feds have hazy read on climate risk exposure

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Feds have hazy read on climate risk exposure

Key federal departments are scrambling to catch up with climate risk assessments and response plans after the Auditor General of Canada uncovered gaps in monitoring and a slow rollout of adaptive actions.
Call for waste data management can't be refused

Canadian Property Management

Call for waste data management can’t be refused

OSCRE is developing its data management standard in sync with mounting pressure for real estate players to accurately report the volume of waste they produce, disseminate and divert from landfill.
pool safety

CondoBusiness

Emerging tech seeks to advance pool safety

Pool safety is under renewed scrutiny after two recent incidents occurred at condominiums in the Greater Toronto Area, one involving a chemical mishap and the other a fatal drowning.
Class B potential poised for extraction

Canadian Property Management

Class B potential poised for extraction

A new stream of incentives to extract energy saving potential in Class B and C buildings dovetails with projections about their future competitiveness in a recovering office market.
Green premium could be deep retrofit linchpin

Canadian Property Management

Green premium could be deep retrofit linchpin

The costs to achieve deep cuts in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions could crunch more favourably for capital budgeters with the promise of a green premium.
Occupational exposure

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Occupational exposure registry a first in Canada

Ontario-based workers can now track their exposure to 11 hazardous substances through Canada’s first-ever occupational exposure registry (OER). The province’s newly launched online portal is